Here's The Hilarious And Brutal Chart That Whitney Tilson Sent Out To Explain The Crash In A Big 3D Printing Companyhttp://www.businessinsider.com/whitney-tilson-short-3-d-systems-2014-2/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:37:50 -0500Julia La Rochehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f4f49c69bedd396224c452wFri, 07 Feb 2014 09:58:36 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f4f49c69bedd396224c452
Guess this guy missed the memo that PIGS get slaughtered... especially arrogant ones.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f28c1269beddc66c67dd50HDogWed, 05 Feb 2014 14:08:02 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f28c1269beddc66c67dd50
"Google with the same market cap of McDonald's (a stock I own)?! HA! I believe that it is virtually certain that Google's stock will be highly disappointing to investors foolish enough to participate in its overhyped offering -- you can hold me to that."
-Whitney Tilson circa 2004 on Googlehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f2859f69bedd165267dd54krypticWed, 05 Feb 2014 13:40:31 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f2859f69bedd165267dd54
This guy is just talking his book, and his $10 target looks pretty sick now.
The price is back to the level from 2 months ago. Typical retrenchment.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f27de96bb3f74718c251b5bahahalolWed, 05 Feb 2014 13:07:37 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f27de96bb3f74718c251b5
3d printing is analogous to commercial printing and not home printing. It'll be very expensive machines run by professionals at a shop close to you and not you printing your underwear at home. Too many materials for home based systems to print anything more than novelty items.
Still a very interesting change in manufacturing, as you'll see both print shops use this tech and also companies (like Nike, Boeing etc do now). Your Nike shoes could be printed down the street for instance, rather than made in a factory and shipped to you. Or they could be printed in a Nike factory and shipped to you vs made by hand in Indonesia and shipped overseas.
But don't expect mass consumer adoption any time soon - the most immediate growth is strictly on the corporate side.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f276896da811c549f61137Doug in VirginiaWed, 05 Feb 2014 12:36:09 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f276896da811c549f61137
Really?
If you're not very smart to begin with, you're going to get taken advantage of on a recurring basis.
I don't notice grocery stores and food companies quaking at the thought that people can grow their own food at home. They know that most people won't do it. It's not cost-effective or useful for most people, which is why people stopped doing it over time.
There's almost nothing in a typical person's life that can be 3D printed at lower cost or more efficiently than anything in a dollar store.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f2737beab8eac91cc251b2Beltway GregWed, 05 Feb 2014 12:23:07 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f2737beab8eac91cc251b2
Rather the Black Guy who is fly over the White Guy in a tie.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f271e76da8111134f61138bwrandallWed, 05 Feb 2014 12:16:23 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f271e76da8111134f61138
You mean like the way that one-touch counter-top bread-making machines have totally dominated that old-school business and sent all commercial bakeries into bankrup....
Oh wait a minute. That never happened. Sorry. My bad.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f270c26da8119a33f61132Epic WinnerWed, 05 Feb 2014 12:11:30 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52f270c26da8119a33f61132
Translation: the notion that we plebs might be able to manufacture our own consumer goods rather than buy them scares the hell out of the old-school manufacturing sector, and they'll do whatever it takes to discredit the idea.